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Richard Froese September and October is an ideal time to travel and drive around and take in the wonderful colours of the leaves on the trees. Many landscapes are magnificent and postcard-picture perfect. While driving at this time of year,…
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Chris Clegg Matters looked very bleak June 2 when the High Prairie Regals’ bid to rejoin the North Peace Hockey League for the 2024-25 was rejected at the spring meeting. But, as the team has shown many times since the…
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Why is the Town of High Prairie double dipping? They send a tax bill to the condominium association and then they send a tax bill to all the residents. This should not be allowed. Donald Bissell,High Prairie
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Re the Enilda walking trails I own several properties in Enilda. Big Lakes County is building a trail in front of one of them. I was never asked for input. The money being spent on this useless project would do…
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Your paper says that High Prairie town council has concerns about the poor management of the hospital. I’ve been saying that for years. The new hospital is just a multi-million dollar Band-Aid station. The old hospital could do surgeries, deliver…
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Jeff Burgar I thought for a long time, if a community leader said something, you could count on it being true. If he or she said it right to your face – well – that was as good as gold,…
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Richard Froese Voters across Canada could be going to the polls in a federal election sooner than later. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government recently lost a huge supporting partner in a minority government. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh…
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Joe McWilliams Speaking of trails, they are being developed all over the province, all the time. They are great enhancements to any community, as pretty much everybody who walks a dog, rides a bicycle, jogs, rollerblades and doesn’t like doing…
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Jeff Burgar It might be one of those “what they don’t know won’t hurt them” things. Or, to be optimistic, maybe its something our Alberta provincial government is holding back for when it needs to reverse a bad news cycle.…
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Chris Clegg Decades ago, 32 Academy Award winners were polled and rated the Top 10 films of all time. Gone With the Wind placed first, Citizen Kane second. I preferred the latter to the former. But the film I wanted…
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Chris Clegg Whether you live in Falher, McLennan or High Prairie, government’s insatiable need for money never seems to end. It is not the fault of local government It costs money to operate infrastructure. Governments just can’t shut off the…
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Joe McWilliams When I was 14 the McWs went off on what was the only family road trip vacation I think we ever took. It was a big one, starting in Hudson’s Hope, B.C., going to Prince Edward Island and…
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Richard Froese Alberta has a rich foundation of agriculture, culture and history. Agriculture was in the spotlight as the Alberta government hosted the annual Alberta Open Farm Days from Aug. 17-18 as an opportunity for people to tour farms and…
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Richard Froese Summer holidays are almost over and it’s back to school in the next two weeks. Students in High Prairie School Division schools return to classes Aug. 28. For those in schools in Holy Family Catholic Regional Division, Peace…
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